Meanwhile the virus has undergone huge genetic changes and become even more pathogenic.
The combination of heat and the sun's ultraviolet rays kills any pathogenic germs.
The smaller chromosome seems to contain many of the genetic elements that make the cholera organism pathogenic.
He said he feared the plant would harbor pathogenic bacteria and emit gases.
The micro-organism will evolve to eventually become less pathogenic and eventually benign.
Hoffmann discovered the cell receptors in laboratory fruit flies that are activated by pathogenic bacteria or fungi.
Science can modify microorganisms that reduce fertility, to be non pathogenic.
And maybe because of a higher acid content in the gut these bugs evolved to become pathogenic.
British Dictionary definitions for pathogenic
pathogenic
/ˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk/
adjective
1.
able to cause or produce disease: pathogenic bacteria
Word Origin and History for pathogenic
adj.
"producing disease," 1836, from French pathogénique, from Greek pathos "disease" (see pathos) + French -génique "producing" (see -gen). Related: Pathogenetic (1838); pathogenicity.
pathogenic in Medicine
pathogenic path·o·gen·ic (pāth'ə-jěn'ĭk) or path·o·ge·net·ic (-jə-nět'ĭk) adj.
Having the capability to cause disease.
Producing disease.
Relating to pathogenesis.
path'o·ge·nic'i·ty (-jə-nĭs'ĭ-tē) n.
pathogenic in Culture
pathogenic [(path-uh-jen-ik)]
A descriptive term for a thing or condition that can cause disease.